# 刪

| 刪 | U+522A, &#21034; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-522A |
| ← 利 [U+5229] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 别 → [U+522B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

刪 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 月廿中弓 (BTLN), four-corner 7240$_0$, composition ⿰冊刂)
* to cut
* delete, erase
* to geld

#### Derived characters

* 䈀

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 138, character 28
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1917
* Dae Jaweon: page 311, character 6
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 328, character 12
* Unihan data for U+522A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 刪
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 珊 | *slaːn |
| 跚 | *slaːn |
| 姗 | *slaːn |
| 删 | *sraːn |
| 栅 | *sʰraːɡ, *sʰreːɡ, *sraːns |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sraːn) : phonetic 冊 (OC *sʰreːɡ) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shān (shan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sân
    (Hailu, HRS): san$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): san$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): săng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sang$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): san
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$se
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shan
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^1$
*** Yale: shān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saan$^1$
*** Yale: sāan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saan$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːn⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sân
*** Hakka Romanization System: san$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /san²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: san$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: san$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: săng
*** Sinological IPA : /saŋ⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sang$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬaŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: san
*** Tâi-lô: san
*** Phofsit Daibuun: safn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /san⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /san³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /san⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sang
*** Sinological IPA : /saŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$se
*** MiniDict: se$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$se
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /se⁵³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit刪 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂan⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /san¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʂã⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /sã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /sã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂan⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʂɛ̃n³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂan⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /san⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /suan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /suan⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂã̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂaŋ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂæ̃²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /sæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /sɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /sæ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /se⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /se̞⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /sẽ̞³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /sa³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /sɛ³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /sɔ¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕyan³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /san³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /san⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /san⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /san⁵³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /san⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /san⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /san⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /saŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /suiŋ⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /saŋ³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /saŋ³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: sraen
Rime :
| Character | 刪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 刪 (69) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 所姦切 |
| Baxter | sraen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠan/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚan/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃɐn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨn/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃan/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃan/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂan/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saan$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sraːn/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 刪 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11067 |
| Phonetic component | 删 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 刪 |
| Old Chinese | /*sraːn/ |

### Definitions

刪
* to delete
    刪掉這個文件。／删掉这个文件。 ― Shāndiào zhège wénjiàn. ― Delete this file.
* (～日) (telegraphy) the fifteenth day of a month

### Compounds

* 刊刪 / 刊删
* 刪修 / 删修
* 刪刈 / 删刈
* 刪削 / 删削
* 刪剪 / 删剪
* 刪割 / 删割
* 刪取 / 删取
* 刪夷 / 删夷
* 刪存 / 删存
* 刪定 / 删定
* 刪定官 / 删定官
* 刪定曹 / 删定曹
* 刪定郎 / 删定郎
* 刪抹 / 删抹
* 刪拾 / 删拾
* 刪掠 / 删掠
* 刪撰
* 刪改 / 删改 (shāngǎi)
* 刪敘 / 删叙
* 刪易 / 删易
* 刪書 / 删书
* 刪本 / 删本
* 刪棄 / 删弃
* 刪次 / 删次
* 刪正 / 删正
* 刪汰 / 删汰
* 刪洗 / 删洗
* 刪減 / 删减 (shānjiǎn)
* 刪潤 / 删润
* 刪略 / 删略
* 刪省 / 删省
* 刪竄 / 删窜
* 刪節 / 删节 (shānjié)
* 刪節本 / 删节本
* 刪節號 / 删节号 (shānjiéhào)
* 刪簡 / 删简 (shānjiǎn)
* 刪約 / 删约
* 刪緝 / 删缉
* 刪繁 / 删繁
* 刪繁就簡 / 删繁就简
* 刪翦 / 删翦
* 刪舉 / 删举
* 刪著 / 删著
* 刪華就素 / 删华就素
* 刪落 / 删落
* 刪蕪就簡 / 删芜就简
* 刪薙 / 删剃
* 刪裁 / 删裁
* 刪補 / 删补
* 刪要 / 删要
* 刪訂 / 删订 (shāndìng)
* 刪詩 / 删诗
* 刪述 / 删述
* 刪采
* 刪除 / 删除 (shānchú)
* 刪革 / 删革
* 斬刪 / 斩删
* 節刪 / 节删
* 舉要刪蕪 / 举要删芜
* 要刪 / 要删
* 討刪 / 讨删
* 闌刪 / 阑删

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* cut down

#### Readings

* Go-on: せん (sen)
* Kan-on: さん (san)
* Kun: けずる (kezuru, 刪る)

#### Compounds

* 刪(さん)去(きょ) (sankyo)
* 刪(さん)削(さく) (sansaku)
* 刪(さん)修(しゅう) (sanshū)
* 刪(さん)述(じゅつ) (sanjutsu)
* 刪(さん)潤(じゅん) (sanjun)
* 刪(さん)除(じょ) (sanjo)
* 刪(さん)定(てい) (santei)
* 刪(さん)訂(てい) (santei)
* 刪(さん)補(ぽ) (sanpo)
* 刪(さん)略(りゃく) (sanryaku)
* 改(かい)刪(さん) (kaisan)
* 添(てん)刪(ざん) (tenzan)

## Korean
### Hanja

刪 (eum 산 (san))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

刪: Hán Nôm readings: san
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